What does the '%' operator mean?

Question

I have next code

int a,b,c;
b=1;
c=36;
a=b%c;

What does \"%\" operator mean?

Answer 1

It's the modulus operator. That is, 2 % 2 == 0, 4 % 4 % 2 == 0 (2, 4 are divisible by 2 with 0 remainder), 5 % 2 == 1 (2 goes into 5 with 1 as remainder.)